XvfbRobot library for Robot Framework

Introduction

A simple robot library for creating virtual display which can be used for running selenium tests in headless mode, internally uses a xvfbwrapper.

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Requirements

• Python 2.7.10
• Python 3.4
• Python 3.5
• Robot Framework 2.8
• xvfbwrapper (python library)

Installation

Using pip

The recommended installation tool is pip.

Install pip. Enter the following:

pip install robotframework-xvfb

Usage

*** Settings ***
Documentation     This example demonstrates how to use current library
Library      Selenium2Library
Library      XvfbRobot
*** Test Cases ***
Create Headless Browser
    Start Virtual Display    1920    1080
    Open Browser   http://google.com
    Set Window Size    1920    1080
    ${title}=    Get Title
    Should Be Equal    Google    {title}
    [Teardown]    Close Browser

Getting Help

The user group for Robot Framework is the best place to get help. Include in the post:

• Full description of what you are trying to do and expected outcome
• Version number of robotframework-xvfb, Robot Framework and xvfbwrapper
• Traceback or other debug output containing error information

Or create an issue on github